Drawing and Embedding Text with Ink Input


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When you have set the [Input Directly] option in the [Ink Input] tab in Preferences, selecting [Input] from the ‘Ink’ group in the [Edit] menu will put you in Ink Input mode.

This topic explains how to embed the content you have drawn in a PDF using a pen that has [Text] as the output type. (See: Ink Settings)

Font Size

The font size of the text is determined based on the content you draw. 

The smaller value between “the vertical size of the drawn content” and “the horizontal size of the drawn content divided by the number of characters in the Text Recognition result” will be the font size.

When Vertical Size < Horizontal Size

When Vertical Size > Horizontal Size

When Multiple Characters are Input

When Auto Conversion Setting is Off

When the [Auto Conversion] setting is off, the Text Recognition result area will be displayed in the Ink Input dialog during Ink Input mode.

After drawing with ink, the Text Recognition result will be displayed after the set recognition time has elapsed.

After drawing with ink, you can operate the ink input dialog to change the mode or edit using [Undo], [Redo], [Clear] before executing [Apply].

When you execute [Apply], the string that was displayed in the Text Recognition result area will be embedded in the PDF.

  • Even if you turn on [Auto Conversion] from the ink settings after drawing with ink, auto conversion will not be executed. If you add a drawing after turning on [Auto Conversion], all the content drawn at the point of turning off will also be auto converted. 
  • If the [Confirm ink input when pen insertion settings differ due to pen changing.] setting is on, when you switch pens from [Pen Select], the drawn content will be automatically applied. 
  • If the [Confirm ink input when pen insertion settings differ due to pen changing.] setting is off, it will be embedded according to the pen settings selected at the time of executing [Apply]. (See: Pen settings when inputting pages)
    For example, even if you draw ink with a red pen setting, if you change the pen setting to green and execute [Apply], green text will be embedded. Regardless of color, for all items that can be set in the pen settings, the settings at the time of executing [Apply] will be prioritized and reflected.

When Auto Conversion Setting is On

When the [Auto Conversion] setting is on, the Text Recognition result area will not be displayed in the Ink Input dialog during Ink Input mode.

After drawing with ink, the Text Recognition result will be automatically embedded as text after the set recognition time has elapsed.

If the pen with the font embedding setting is used, the font will also be embedded at the same time.

  • The Undo function of the Ink Input dialog can be executed for each auto conversion.
    For example, if you draw “ABC” and it is automatically embedded after the recognition time has elapsed, executing Undo will erase all of “ABC” at once.
    If you auto convert “A”, “B”, “C” one character at a time, you can erase one character at a time.
  • When the [Auto Conversion] setting is on, you cannot redo the content erased with Undo.

About Same Line Determination When Adding

After embedding text with auto conversion, if you draw with ink again, it will automatically determine whether it is on the same line as the text embedded immediately before.

If it is determined to be on the same line, it will be added with the same font size following the text that has already been embedded.